The ISCFC is all about reducing our individual and collective contributions to climate change.
But is climate change really happening? Is it mostly caused by human activity, including our production of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases?
In the United States and elsewhere, there are people who are not convinced by the science. But the great thing about science is that we use evidence to evaluate scientific questions. So what is the evidence related to climate change?
Are you or are you not convinced by the majority of climate scientists who say that climate change is real and largely human caused? Why are you convinced/not convinced? What evidence might change your mind one way or the other?
Is Climate Change Real & Human-Caused? >
How is Global Warming Caused and How is it Affecting Our Planet?
I think climate change is definitely caused both by nature and by humans, but the main cause is undeniably humans. Global warming is caused by greenhouse gasses being trapped by the troposphere and radiating energy back down to the surface. This then makes the Earth’s surface heat up, and then the cycle continues.
Many animals do produce greenhouse gasses, but with cars, buses, airplanes, and pollution, people, or rather the things we create, are the number one cause. Greenhouse gasses do help our Earth, without them we wouldn’t be able to live here(with no greenhouse gasses warming the surface we would be at 0°C), but because of our large carbon footprints and CO2 emissions everywhere, our planet is heating up a startling amount. This is negatively affecting the environment as well, ice is melting and water is evaporating, summer is lasting into November (at least here in California) and many species are suffering from our actions. A video that better explains this is linked below ?
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